Guyasuta

This statue is the third to occupy this site. The first was part of a large fountain manufactured by the J.L. Mott Company and given by H.J. Heinz circa 1896. That fountain was hit by a car in 1930 and replaced by a second statue (from the original mould) which was knocked from its concrete base in 1983 by a truck. This bronze replica of the 1930 statue was produced by Karkadoulias Bronze Art Company and installed in 1986. While the sculpture is not modelled in the likeness of Guyasuta, his name has long been associated with it.

H.J. Heinz came to Sharpsburg in 1849, for nearly 40 years he grew vegetables in the fertile soil of the surrounding Allegheny River floodplain. During that time he resided in Sharpsburg, taught Sunday School in the Grace Methodist Church (15th Street) and became a highly respected member of the community. In the late 1800's, he relocated his rapidly growing company to its current location on Pittsburgh's North Side, leaving behind numerous gifts to the community, including a playground and ballfield and the elaborate metal drinking fountain topped by a life-size sculpture of an Indian which stood at this intersection until 1930.